First Reported Case of Fraud Involving Bitcoin, says Indian City’s Police
The city of Lucknow in Northern India has seen its first official case involving bitcoin fraud. A Lucknow citizen lodged a complaint with local city police about a business acquaintance swindling him in a bitcoin transaction, according to a report in the Times of India. Shailendra Shukla, a lawyer by profession, has accused a businessman from New Delhi – India’s capital city – of duping him of 1.5 bitcoins in a routine bitcoin-to-fiat transaction. The alleged incident comes during a time when Indian demand for bitcoin is at unprecedented highs and has seen the cryptocurrency sold at....
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